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Today, in San Francisco, I witnessed the largest demonstration I've ever seen in person. There were one hundred thousand people pouring down Market Street like a river of humanity. They were loud, happy, and infectious. The noise was shaking the windows of my office on the 14th floor one block away! Over one million people demonstrated around the country today.

I know illegal immigration is a difficult issue to discuss because there are so many sides to the story. No matter how you look at it though you have to admit that California's agricultural, construction, hospitality, and food service industries wouldn't exist as they do today without those people. I understand the security concerns about enforcing our national border (even though the concerns are brought on by our international mistakes...) but it isn't right to insult such an important portion of our country.

A counter-protestor actually said the following:

"You should send all of the 13 million aliens home, then you take all of the welfare recipients who are taking a free check and make them do those jobs," said Jack Culberson, a retired Army colonel who attended the Pensacola rally. "It's as simple as that."

Yeah, because the millions of people without work right now are being actively turned away as they desperately seek out farm labor... right.

And then there's another interesting story. Stephen Colbert just personally handed the Bush administration one of the most scathing (and hilarious) reviews ever.



It's one of the most popular stories on the Internet right now and yet the mainstream media have completely ignored it.

UPDATE: A good wrap-up of the media reaction.

Finally, Rolling Stone has an interesting new cover story: